Suspect denies reports of Butterworth murder confessions

The prime suspect in the case of missing Hobart woman Lucille Butterworth says the evidence of two former police officers and other witnesses are lies.

Geoffrey Charles Hunt told an inquest he had nothing to do with the disappearance of Ms Butterworth, who vanished from a suburban bus stop in August 1969 and is believed to have been murdered the same evening.

Hunt, 65, was read statements made to investigators, including that by former detective constable Barry Dillon, who was part of a police contingent that arrested Hunt in 1976.

Mr Dillon said during a subsequent interview when Hunt admitted raping and murdering another Hobart woman, Susan Knight, he also recounted collecting Ms Butterworth from the bus stop.

As they drove away from Hobart, Ms Butterworth complained of a leg cramp and Hunt stopped the car at a secluded lay-by where he tried to kiss her.

"When Ms Butterworth refused his advances, Hunt said words to the effect that he placed his hands around her throat and strangled her," Mr Dillon said, recounting Hunt's alleged confession.

He then lifted the woman's body from his car and dumped it in waters north of Hobart, along with her shoes and handbag.